List of islands of Croatia
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A vast majority of the Adriatic sea islands are located near the northeastern, Croatian coast.
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[edit] Largest islands
These are the larger ones, sorted approximately from northwest to southeast:
Northern seacoast:
- the Brijuni islands (a national park)
- Krk (quite large, has an international airport)
- Plavnik
- Cres
- Lošinj
- Ilovik
- Unije
- Susak (a handful of people with a rather characteristic dialect)
- Prvić
- Goli otok (previously known as a prison, translation: "barren island")
- Rab
- Pag (known for its cheese and its sea salt)
- Olib
- Silba
- Premuda
- Ist
- Molat
Northern Dalmatia:
- Vir
- Dugi Otok (translation: "long island")
- Ugljan
- Iž
- Pašman
- the Kornati archipelago (also a national park)
- Murter
- Sestrunj
- Skarda
- Zlarin
Central and southern Dalmatia:
- Čiovo
- Drvenik
- Šolta
- Brač (known for its stone quarries)
- Hvar (the sunniest one)
- Vis (inhabited since ancient Greece, previously a naval base)
- Biševo
- Brusnik
- Jabuka - one of the smallest island in Adriatic sea, closest to Italy
- Svetac
- Korčula (the most populated one)
- Lastovo
- Mljet (includes a national park)
- the Elaphiti islands - Koločep, Lopud, Šipan
- Lokrum (just outside Dubrovnik harbour)
- Palagruža (a tiny, southernmost one)
- Žirje
- Žut
All of the islands are tourist resorts these days.
There are two peninsulas, too, Istria and Pelješac.
[edit] Listed by the size
The biggest islands, listed in order of decreasing area, are:
- Cres, 405.7 km²
- Krk, 405.2 km²
- Brač, 396 km²
- Hvar, 299.7 km²
- Pag, 285 km²
- Korčula, 279 km²
- Dugi otok, 124 km²
- Mljet, 100.4 km²
- Rab, 93.6 km²
- Vis, 90.3 km²
- Lošinj, 74.4 km²
- Pašman, 63 km²
- Šolta, 51.9 km²
- Ugljan, 50.2 km²
- Kornat, 50 km²
- Lastovo, 46 km²
- Brioni, 36.3 km² (group)
- Vir, 31,3 km²
- Čiovo, 28.8 km²
- Olib, 25.6 km²
- Murter, 18.7 km²
- Unije, 17 km²
- Šipan, 16.5 km²
- Silba, 15 km²
[edit] Complete list of islands
- Aba Duga
- Arkanđel
- Arta Mala
- Arta Velika
- Babac
- Badija
- Češvinica
- Dobri Otok
- Dolin
- Drvenik (Zlarin)
- Drvenik Mali
- Gangaro
- Gangarol
- Glamoč
- Goli otok
- Gustac
- Ilovik
- Jabuka
- Jakljan
- Jerolim
- Kakan
- Kameni Žakan
- Kasela
- Katina
- Knežak
- Kobrava
- Koločep
- Koludarc
- Kopište
- Košara
- Kozjak
- Krapanj
- Krknata
- Kručica
- Kurba Mala
- Kurba Vela
- Lavdara Vela
- Lavsa
- Levrnaka
- Logorun
- Lokrum
- Lopud
- Lunga (Kornat)
- Lupac
- Luški Otok
- Male Orjule
- Male Srakane
- Mali Brijuni
- Marinkovac
- Maslinovik
- Mišjak Mali
- Mišjak Veli
- Mrčara
- Murvenjak
- Obonjan
- Oključ
- Olipa
- Orud
- Oruda
- Ošljak
- Palagruža
- Piškera
- Planik
- Prežba
- Proizd
- Prvić (Šibenik)
- Radelj
- Rava
- Ravni Žakan
- Rivanj
- Ruda
- Saplun
- Šćitna
- Šilo Veliko
- Sit
- Škarda
- Škrda
- Škulj
- Smokvica Vela (Kornat)
- Stipanska
- Stomorina
- Sušac
- Susak
- Svetac Zverinac
- Sveti Klement
- Sveti Marko
- Sveti Petar
- Tetovišnjak Veliki
- Tijat
- Tramerka
- Trstenik (Cres)
- Tun Veli
- Vela
- Vele Orjule
- Veli Pržnjak
- Velike Srakane
- Veliki Brijuni
- Veliki Budikovac
- Vrgada
- Zeča
- Zečevo (Pag)
- Žižanj
- Zmajan
- Zvirinovik
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Croatian "Islands law"(Croatian)